re: #48 lostlakehiker

Tsetse flies are dangerous, nasty critters. They transmit awful, difficult to treat or outright incurable diseases. Some parts of Africa are effectively off limits for human habitation because of them.

Cold weather provides “eco-services” we don’t even realize we’re getting.

I’m generally in favor of protecting all species. Even mosquitoes, rats, and cockroaches. But I’ll make an exception for the tsetse fly. If we have to know about their mating ways, go for it.

I read somewhere that DDT kills their mood…